Display package



July 4, 1.944.

C. B. HOLM DISPLAY PACKAGE Filed Aug. 6, 1941 I TR A DE MARK ag all/IIaTROVIDENCE ATTORNEYS Patented July 4, 1944 DISPLAY PACKAGE .CarlpliIHolm, Englewood, N. J., assigner to Inter national Braid CompMassachusetts any, a corporation l of Application-August c, 1941, serialNo. 405,611

(o1. 20s-7s) the lower part of the recess and partake of the 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a display package and is particularly adaptedfor the display ofsuch articles as braided cords or materials ofelongated length.

Considerable difculty has been experienced in the display of round cordssuch as are used for Venetian blinds by reason of their round characterof construction. The spacing apart of objects of this character so as toprovide a uniform appearance has met with considerable difficulty in themanufacture and construction of a display package. Also, there is theproblem of keeping the articles clean and attractive in appearance aswell as permitting them to be viewed and accessible to the hand.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a simple form ofpackage by which such articles as round braided cords may beattractively displayed.

Another object of the invention is to provide such a form of packagethat the cords may be quickly placed in uniform spaced relation.

Another object of the invention is to provide identification stripswhich may be previously formed and used in connection with the cordsbecause of their uniform spacing.

Another object of the invention is to protect these cords from dust ordirt.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, as will be more fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view partially broken away illustrating the packagewhich is provided;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of the showing of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 4 of Fig. l;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of the structure such as shownin Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the corrugated backing member into whichthe articles to be displayed are positioned; and

Fig. '7 is a perspective view of the package minus the articles to bedisplayed and in open position illustrating the folding of the parts.

In order to avoid the many difficulties in the mounting of round cordsfor display purposes, I have utilized the ordinary corrugated sheetboard material which is pressed into an undulating form with therecesses evenly spaced. The spacings are such as to be greater than thediameter of the articles to be received, and accordingly by placingthese articles in position they move to spacing ofthe recesses.- Thesecords are then secured in position by cementI and by U-shaped bindingsupon which some designation as to catalog numbers or color may beplaced. The Whole is assembled in a book-like cover which may be readilyopened, and a Window may be provided in the front part of the cover forobserving the articles therein.

With reference to the drawing, I0 designates a sheet of corrugatedmaterial having evenly spaced recesses II therein between theprojections I2 and forming a wave-like or undulating surface. Thearticles to be displayed in the particular formation of the inventionhere illustrated are braided cords, designated I4, and of differentcolors or combination of colors such as would form the complete line ofthe merchant. Short lengths of these cords I4 are placed in the recessesII of the corrugated material I0, such as shown in Fig. 4; and by theuse of cement along the edges of this material IIJ these cords will beheld in place each in its individual recess; and by reason of the cordsbeing of smaller size than the distance between the recesses, thesecords will be evenly spaced, such as shown in Figs. 1 and 4.

A U-shaped binding member I5 having a back part I B and a front part IIand a connecting bridge portion I8 is fitted about the edges of the cordin the corrugations, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 7, and are held inplace by cement to the back surface of the corrugation and also to thefront cords. These strips are convenient for the printing of the catalognumbers and color names of the cords; and this printing will be evenlyspaced lengthwise of these strips such as II for this purpose and may bepredetermined as to position by reason of the even spacing of the cordsin the corrugated material.

This entire assembly may then be mounted within the book-like covers 20and 2| for-med of sheet stock folded as at 22 and 23 to provide a backportion 24 between the two covers 2D and 2 I. An inner leaf 25 oftransparent material may be secured to the back 24 by some convenientmeans. such as stapling. to provide a transparent sheet of material overthe cords in their mounted position. such as shown in Fig. 1; while awindow or cut-out portion 26 may be provided in the front cover 2! sothat even when the covers are closed. some of the cords may be viewedthrough the transparent sheet 25, such as shown in Fig. 1.

By this arrangement avery convenient and attractive package is providedin which the assembly of round cords is evenly spaced and accessible toview, while protected through the transparent sheet, or may beaccessible to the hand for feeling the material by swinging back thetransparent sheet. Catalog designations are conveniently arranged, andthe cords evenly spaced by the very simple adoption and use of acorrugated sheet of material.

I claim:

l. A display package comprising a backing of material having uniformundulations in generally the form of a sine curve with equally spacedpar` K allel recesses, articles in each recess of a diameter at leasttwice the depth of the recess from one side of the backing material,means for cetions thereof, a one piece book-like cover enveloping saidassembly and secured to said strip and having a window in the front wallthereof to expose the obverse face of the article mounting, and atransparent sheet of material between the front wall of the cover andthe articles and of a. size to cover all of said articles and secured atn mlyoneofl its edges to the said cover and free tomove relative theretoand to said articles.

2. A display package comprising a backing of material having uniformundulations with equally spaced parallel recesses, articles in eachrecess of a diameter at least twice the depthl of the recess from oneside of the backing material,

means for cementing each end portion of the articles in the recesses, astrip of substantially U- shape material adjacent each end of saidarticles for holding said strip in a predetermined position, saidU-shazpe strip being of a dimension to extend over only the end portionsof said articles to expose substantial portions thereof.

CARL B. HOLM.

